trains and electrified wheelchairs are still things. the issue right now is that electrified wheelchairs are cost prohibitive. make a wheelchair that can cover a mile in a sensible amount of time and we have good enough walkways for it, and we're good to go once we revamp the infrastructure. anyone not able enough can just get an electric wheelchair for free, maybe even have a special lane for it on the walkpath.
source: was wheelchair bound in my youth cause i nuked an arm and a leg and it was a pain getting around. i actually lived at a relatives house for a bit because they were able to push me to the train and to the hospital faster than it would for us to drive and load/unload a nonspecialized car for the wheelchair and get me in it / all strapped in without it fucking me up. tbh she just sounds like she has a fancy car that most people cant afford for their disability and doesnt want it taken away and lashes out at anyone who hates cars because of it, including disability advocates
I've often thought about the point the tweet is trying to make, it is hard to get a one sized fits all approached to disabled people and transportation. I wonder what could be done for people with mobility issues. More handicapped accessible options when it comes to transit? I'd allow it if a wheelchair bound or someone with walking issues needed to carpool rides.
yeah you could just make walkways big enough to have a car on them and have the car go slow around crowds. universities do this for disabled people all the time. you only need a couple of these sorts of cars and they have a system setup so that there is next to zero wait time for them.
and a lot of walkways are like, shattered / old in the usa so a lot of wheelchair users have to make entire new (longer) routes in a wheelchair to go the distance. though i do think most forms of disability can be covered by wheelchairs, some edge cases might necessitate a car. cant think of any off the top of my head but there are a couple of brutal skin diseases that require extremely gentle care that not even a wheelchair could provide, and probably not a car with current infrastructure due to the bumpy ride. maybe a super fancy wheelchair with shock absorption and a way to protect from the sun could do it
trains and electrified wheelchairs are still things. the issue right now is that electrified wheelchairs are cost prohibitive. make a wheelchair that can cover a mile in a sensible amount of time and we have good enough walkways for it, and we're good to go once we revamp the infrastructure. anyone not able enough can just get an electric wheelchair for free, maybe even have a special lane for it on the walkpath.
source: was wheelchair bound in my youth cause i nuked an arm and a leg and it was a pain getting around. i actually lived at a relatives house for a bit because they were able to push me to the train and to the hospital faster than it would for us to drive and load/unload a nonspecialized car for the wheelchair and get me in it / all strapped in without it fucking me up. tbh she just sounds like she has a fancy car that most people cant afford for their disability and doesnt want it taken away and lashes out at anyone who hates cars because of it, including disability advocates
I've often thought about the point the tweet is trying to make, it is hard to get a one sized fits all approached to disabled people and transportation. I wonder what could be done for people with mobility issues. More handicapped accessible options when it comes to transit? I'd allow it if a wheelchair bound or someone with walking issues needed to carpool rides.
yeah you could just make walkways big enough to have a car on them and have the car go slow around crowds. universities do this for disabled people all the time. you only need a couple of these sorts of cars and they have a system setup so that there is next to zero wait time for them.
and a lot of walkways are like, shattered / old in the usa so a lot of wheelchair users have to make entire new (longer) routes in a wheelchair to go the distance. though i do think most forms of disability can be covered by wheelchairs, some edge cases might necessitate a car. cant think of any off the top of my head but there are a couple of brutal skin diseases that require extremely gentle care that not even a wheelchair could provide, and probably not a car with current infrastructure due to the bumpy ride. maybe a super fancy wheelchair with shock absorption and a way to protect from the sun could do it